Actually, there's an interesting idea. The garrosh encounter has seven phases, where he adopts a different 'face' each time, one for each of the sha. Garrosh has had enough personality flips to make that possible.

Phase 1 - fear: child garrosh, sick, weak and abandoned
Phase 2 - despair: The garrosh from TBC, crushed beneath the weight of his father's legacy
Phase 3 - violence: The garrosh from the comics and the beginning of WotLK, seeking to solve each of his problems through mindless aggression
Phase 4 - anger: The garrosh from the end of WotLK, angry at thrall for not doing anything about the alliance threat, angry at sylvanas for allowing traitors to roam free, angry at Varian for insulting his people when they were only victims, angry at Saurfang for doubting him
Phase 5 - doubt: garrosh after just being appointed warchief, unsure of his abilities
Phase 6 - hatred: Garrosh from Cata, hateful of everything he doesn't see as the true horde
Phase 7 - pride: Garrosh from MoP, arrogant to the point where it may destroy the people he was tasked to protect

Malkorok has got loads of goblins to bring, what is very likely to be, the 7th Sha in a box to Orgrimmar.
Vol'Jin and Baine are preparing for open rebellion while Thrall still has doubts.
Varian is becoming good pals with the woman he nearly killed for kidnapping her son.
Wrathion is up to his usual stuff.

Actually, there's an interesting idea. The garrosh encounter has seven phases, where he adopts a different 'face' each time, one for each of the sha. Garrosh has had enough personality flips to make that possible.

Phase 1 - fear: child garrosh, sick, weak and abandoned
Phase 2 - despair: The garrosh from TBC, crushed beneath the weight of his father's legacy
Phase 3 - violence: The garrosh from the comics and the beginning of WotLK, seeking to solve each of his problems through mindless aggression
Phase 4 - anger: The garrosh from the end of WotLK, angry at thrall for not doing anything about the alliance threat, angry at sylvanas for allowing traitors to roam free, angry at Varian for insulting his people when they were only victims, angry at Saurfang for doubting him
Phase 5 - doubt: garrosh after just being appointed warchief, unsure of his abilities
Phase 6 - hatred: Garrosh from Cata, hateful of everything he doesn't see as the true horde
Phase 7 - pride: Garrosh from MoP, arrogant to the point where it may destroy the people he was tasked to protect

Very good! I like this very much.

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Originally Posted by Warloff

Well, at least Garrosh will still have one Horde racial leader on his side: Ji Firepaw!

Actually, there's an interesting idea. The garrosh encounter has seven phases, where he adopts a different 'face' each time, one for each of the sha. Garrosh has had enough personality flips to make that possible.

Phase 1 - fear: child garrosh, sick, weak and abandoned
Phase 2 - despair: The garrosh from TBC, crushed beneath the weight of his father's legacy
Phase 3 - violence: The garrosh from the comics and the beginning of WotLK, seeking to solve each of his problems through mindless aggression
Phase 4 - anger: The garrosh from the end of WotLK, angry at thrall for not doing anything about the alliance threat, angry at sylvanas for allowing traitors to roam free, angry at Varian for insulting his people when they were only victims, angry at Saurfang for doubting him
Phase 5 - doubt: garrosh after just being appointed warchief, unsure of his abilities
Phase 6 - hatred: Garrosh from Cata, hateful of everything he doesn't see as the true horde
Phase 7 - pride: Garrosh from MoP, arrogant to the point where it may destroy the people he was tasked to protect

I second that notion! ^^

Originally Posted by Warloff

He just joined the Horde. He's not joining the rebellion. He will stand by Garrosh's side until he sees Aysa Cloudsinger on the other side of the battlefield.

HOpe so too. One would think he joined the Horde just because Aysa was so pissed off at him he couldn't even talk to her.

Actually, there's an interesting idea. The garrosh encounter has seven phases, where he adopts a different 'face' each time, one for each of the sha. Garrosh has had enough personality flips to make that possible.

Phase 1 - fear: child garrosh, sick, weak and abandoned
Phase 2 - despair: The garrosh from TBC, crushed beneath the weight of his father's legacy
Phase 3 - violence: The garrosh from the comics and the beginning of WotLK, seeking to solve each of his problems through mindless aggression
Phase 4 - anger: The garrosh from the end of WotLK, angry at thrall for not doing anything about the alliance threat, angry at sylvanas for allowing traitors to roam free, angry at Varian for insulting his people when they were only victims, angry at Saurfang for doubting him
Phase 5 - doubt: garrosh after just being appointed warchief, unsure of his abilities
Phase 6 - hatred: Garrosh from Cata, hateful of everything he doesn't see as the true horde
Phase 7 - pride: Garrosh from MoP, arrogant to the point where it may destroy the people he was tasked to protect

Interesting idea. While I would definitely prefer Garrosh not to be possessed by a Sha at any point, I still think this idea could be worked upon somehow to make it function without corruption.

HOpe so too. One would think he joined the Horde just because Aysa was so pissed off at him he couldn't even talk to her.

His whole philosophy meshed with the Horde, particularly Garrosh's Horde.

With Garrosh having few friends Ji Firepaw could find himself one of Garrosh's top lieutenants. His gradual realization that he's on the wrong side plus his feelings toward Ayssa could lead to some good storytelling. Also, he could provide something this expansion has been desperately missing: a Panderan raid boss (although hopefully we just knock some sense into him rather than kill him).

Ji didn't seem to like or approve of Garrosh. And clearly once he learns about all the evil Garrosh has commited and sees that every other Horde race is revolting Ji will see what is going on.

That would be rather boring storytelling. We setup a whole zone where Ji and Ayssa have a pretty big falling out, end up on opposite factions...and this is resolved with Ji automatically joining the rebels even though he has no idea who the rebel leaders are and he has just willingly joined Garrosh's Horde?

The whole Wandering Isle zone is a giant Chekov's gun that ensures the following will be fired at us before the end of the expansion: